A constant reader........
So this may end up being more musings than questions, but I really wondered if I was the only newbie it took three months post-op to get comfortable posting anything.....
I found myself lurking on here reading anything and everything trying to get a grip on the journey I have started on. Trying to figure out how to get in my protein and water and over all adjust to a new life. Though I admit the goodbye to my old one took far longer than it should have.
I found the journey easier having read the wide and varying experiences of others. Nothing I have been through seemed strange after reading of other people's struggles. Though I do find myself occasionally posting things that are only good common sense when I am fighting myself to stick to the diet (ex. I recently asked if my protien shakes counted as liquids when eating solids.... I know better than that! But sometimes it's still a struggle). However crazy I am being I have found a ton of support and even a touch of tough love to keep me going.
I couldn't do this without the encouragement and support I have gotten from all of you out there.
HW/217 1st apt/202 SW/191 CW/115
1st goal:140 @9months
2nd goal:130 @11months
3rd goal:115 @16months
That's why this is called a support group. We are all in this together. We help each other no matter the situation. Keep it coming with the questions or input. Someone will answer you.
“Let someone love you just the way you are – as flawed as you might be, as unattractive as you sometimes feel, and as unaccomplished as you think you are. To believe that you must hide all the parts of you that are broken, out of fear that someone else is incapable of loving what is less than perfect, is to believe that sunlight is incapable of entering a broken window and illuminating a dark room.”― Marc Hack
Ht:5'4 SW:268 CW:127.2 GW:125 RNY 06/09 Stomach/colon revision 11/13
No matter how long it took you, it's good to have you posting and participating. 
Surgery: RNY on 12/18/2013 with Jay M. Snow, MD "Don't mistake my kindness for weakness." - Robert Herjavec, quoting Al Capone
I thought I remember the NUT saying that protein will make you feel full. I've been adding unflavored protein powder to yogurt and it is definitely more filling to me. Someone with more experience may know more. I'm still pre-op so I'm in the negative number experience level.
